the city calls it a security precaution. we caught up with blooper's father about an hour ago as he marched with demonstrators. >> my thing is not to take over the city hall meeting. we want to make sure the city hall is aware of my son's death and doing something about it. >> two weeks ago a group of protesters interrupted the city council meeting forcing it to end early. >>> police in oakland are now investigating their fifth homicide in just the past 18 hours. the latest victim is a 44-year-old man. the shooting happened on 57th avenue nur international boulevard at 2:45 this afternoon. police say the man was on his front porch when he was shot multiple times. we are told the angle of the bullet path may suggest drive-by shooting. >>> oakland's homicide rate is now running about 10% higher than this time last year. we have continuing coverage. rita williams has some perspective from those left behind. >> homicide statistics to some, to others the loss of real people who were loved. >> we saw the big spot up in our minds a